Some things are worth sharing.

Pentel of America has some secrets. Surprising, right!? For instance, did you know that the Sign Pen was carried by the Gemini 6 and 7 flight crews? Well, here are some others:

Pentel of America was officially founded in 1965, but we actually started selling our world famous Sign Pen in the U.S. back in 1963!

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed his famous “Great Society” State of the Union Address with a Pentel Sign Pen.

Pentel developed the first fully-automated Pen assembly line.

Pentel was the first to develop a brush pen using artificial fiber.

Pentel is the only pen manufacturer to ever be awarded the prestigious Deming Prize for manufacturing excellence.

There are 26 Pentel offices around the world.

Super Hi-Polymer lead was introduced in 1980. It is still the #1 selling lead in the world.

Pentel created the first side-advanced mechanical pencil – the Quicker Clicker. It is still popular today.

We think that some of the best kept secrets are worth sharing. Do you have some tips or best kept secrets that have helped you every day? Maybe it’s the extra ingredient you add to your favorite cupcake recipe, or the secret technique you use to create lovely flourishes with one of our Pentel Brush Pens. Whatever your helpful advice or best kept secret is, we’d like to know!

The “Share Your Secrets” Giveaway starts August 1, 2015.

Winners will be chosen at random each week during the month of August 2015.

]]>0Bree Nicholshttp://blog.pentel.com/?p=18752015-07-20T20:13:20Z2015-07-20T20:13:20ZSocial post featuring the benefits of Pentel’s EnerGel pen.
]]>0Bree Nicholshttp://blog.pentel.com/?p=18672015-07-17T23:55:26Z2015-07-17T23:53:21ZNothing’s scarier than a blank page. Any writer will tell you that. So, if you’re looking for inspiration to get you started, take advice from some of the most respected writers. And once you’re done, be sure to let us know if you have any other quotes that inspire you to keep writing.

Quote 1

“A good writer is always a people watcher. ” — Judy Blume

Quote 2

“Write what you love. Love will hold you through the hard times and hold the world during the good times.” — Mark Z Danielewski

Quote 3

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”— Ernest Hemingway

Quote 4

“No matter how long you’ve been at it, you always start from scratch. ” — Jeffrey Eugenides

Quote 5

“Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.” — David Mitchell

Quote 6

“A writer is a writer because, even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows promise, you keep writing anyway. ”— Junot Diaz

Quote 7

“Writers need to be chameleons…who can play all sorts of characters.”— Marisha Pessl

Quote 8

“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the character that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.”— Joss Whedon

Quote 9

“[Be] willing to write really badly. It won’t hurt you to do that.” — Jennifer Egan

]]>0Bree Nicholshttp://blog.pentel.com/?p=18252015-07-13T21:28:34Z2015-07-13T20:49:08ZOne of the top performing Facebook posts of all time. Infographic demonstrated the difference between Pentel pen inks.
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